Folding ironing boards



June 19, 1962 R. HANSEN FOLDING IRONING BOARDS Filed Aug. 6, 1958INVENTOR. LELA R. HANS EN ATTORNEYS 333,214 Patented June 19, 19623,039,214 FOLDING IRGNING BOARDS Lela R. Hansen, 2625 NW. Nichols Blvd,Longview, Wash. Filed Aug. 6, 1958, Ser. No. 753,469 1 Claim. (Cl.38-115) The present invention relates to folding ironing boards.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an ironing boardstructure that can be folded and carried within a suitcase for use bytravellers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ironing board thatcan be used on table tops with folded legs, or it can have the legsextended to support the board at the proper level.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the followingspecification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, inwhich:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the invention shown in erected position withparts broken away for convenience of illustration;

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary inverted horizontal section taken on line 22of FIGURE 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged elevational view of a fragmentary detail;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the board foldedwith the legs removed; and

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the ironing board erected.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like referencecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, thereference character T indicates generally a folding ironing tableconstructed in accordance with the invention. The ironing table Tincludes a folding board B. The board B is made of sheet material panel10, having integral depending sides 11 reenforcing the same. The panelis perforated as at 12 causing the same to be light, yet strong.

The board B has a pair of sections 13 and 14 with the section 13relatively rectangular in shape, while the section 14 has the sidesconverging the same as the usual ironing board, so as tom ake itpossible to slip garments over the same for ironing or pressing. Thesections 13, 14 are pivotally secured together by hinges 15, which arearranged to permit the board B to fold back on itself, as bestillustrated in FIGURE 4. The sections 13 and 14 are arranged inconfronting end to end aligned relation and the second section 14- isinwardly connected to the first section 13 for swinging movement fromthe end to end aligned relation position to a position above and restingupon the section 13.

A relatively rigid generally rectangular flat base 16 is fixedly securedto the underside of the section 13 by welding or the like. The base 16has bosses 17 secured thereto in spaced apart relation to receive thelegs 18. The legs 18, as illustrated in the drawings, telescope with abasic hollow tubular member 19, having an extension leg 20 slidingtherein and locked in the desired position by a lock nut 21.

A third leg 22 has two flat bar members 23 and 24 hinged together at 25by a relatively tight fitting pivot pin 26. The upper portion 27 of theflat bar member 24 is cut away to receive an offset portion 28 of thefiat bar member 23, holding the same in alignment, as

illustrated particularly in FIGURES 1 and 3. The upper end 29 of the leg22 is inserted in the socket 30 of the base 16 when the ironing board Bis in use. All of the above legs are held within their sockets by setscrews 31.

When the ironing board B is to be used as a separate unit, independentof a table top or other supporting means, the same would appear asillustrated in FIGURE 1, but if the same were to be used on a table topthe legs 18 would be telescoped within the members 19 and the lower flatbar 24 would be folded back along side of the flat bar 23, therebylowering the height of the supporting legs 18-22, so that the ironingboard B could be used on tables, or other supports.

I have not illustrated a covering on the ironing board, but the usualironing board cover would, of course, be employed.

When it is desired to carry the ironing board B from place to place, asfor instance in suitcases, the legs 18 are removed from the base 16, leg22 is removed and folded. The ironing board B itself is folded, asillustrated in FIGURE 4, requiring but a minimum amount of space fortransporting the same from place to place.

Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, itshould be understood that numerous modifications and adaptations may beresorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A folding ironing board comprising a generally rectangular flat metallicpanel section, a pair of opposed depending sides integrally formed withthe opposite side edges of said panel section, a depending end extendingbetween and integrally connecting the depending sides at one end of saidpanel section, a second relatively flat metallic panel section arrangedin confronting end to end aligned relation with respect to thefirst-mentioned panel section and hingedly connected to saidfirst-mentioned panel section for swinging movement from the end to endaligned relation position to a position above and resting upon saidfirst-mentioned panel section, said second panel section having oppositeside edges converging outwardly from said hinged connection to saidfirst panel section, an integral depending side extending .around theside edges of said second panel section, a generally rectangular flatbase underlying and secured to said first panel section a pair of spacedapart hollow bosses integrally depending from one end of said fiat base,a relatively thin generally flat socket member integrally depending fromsaid fiat base longitudinally spaced from said hollow bossesintermediate the opposite side edges of said flat base with said socketand said bosses each being provided with transverse set screws, atelescoping vertically positioned leg rounded in cross section, receivedin both bosses comprising said pair of hollow bosses, and a flat slopingleg positioned in said flat socket member, said sloping leg having ahingedly attached lower section,

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